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Name
  
Nelida Pinon


Role
  
Author

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Books
  
The republic of dreams, Voices of the Desert: A Novel, Caetana\'s sweet song

Awards
  
Prince of Asturias Award for Literature

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Nélida Piñon (born May 3, 1937) is a Brazilian author and professor.

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Life

Piñon was born in 1937 in Rio de Janeiro of Galician immigrants.

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Her first novel was Guia-Mapa de Gabriel Arcanjo (The Guidebook of Archangel Gabriel), written in 1961, it concerns a protagonist discussing Christian doctrine with her guardian angel. In the 1970s she became noted for erotic novels A casa de paixão (The House of Passion) and A força do destino (The Force of Destiny), written in 1977.

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In 1984 she perhaps had her greatest success with A Republica dos Sonhos, English translation The Republic of Dreams. The work involves generations of a family from Galicia who emigrated to Brazil. This relates to her own family's experience.

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She is a former President of Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Letters).

Books

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  • Guia-Mapa de Gabriel Arcanjo (The Guidebook of Gabriel Arcanjo) (1961)
  • Fundador (Founders) (pre-1971)
  • A Casa da Paixão (The House of Passion) (1972)
  • A força do destino (The Force of Destiny) (1977)
  • The Republic of Dreams, tr. Helen Lane, University of Texas Press (1991), ISBN 0-292-77050-2
  • A doce cançao de Caetana (The Sweet Song of Caetana) (1987)

    • Short stories

  • I love my husband.
  • Big-Bellied Cow
  • O Pão de Cada Dia

    • Awards

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  • Walmap Prize, 1970, for her historical novel, ´Fundador´ (Founders)
  • Mario de Andrade-Prize, 1973, from the Association of Arts Critics in São Paulo for her novel, "A casa de paixão".
  • Brazilian Writers’ Union Prize, 1987.
  • FIL Award, 1995.
  • Menéndez Pelayo International Prize, 2003

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    References

    Nélida Piñon Wikipedia
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